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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household."
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description: "School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message, of (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill also requires each parental notification to include information on (a) relevant state laws and regulations relating to safe firearm storage and child access to firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries, and deaths, including current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or an equivalent nationally recognized entity or organization on youth firearm fatality rates. Finally, the bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to HB 201."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 109"
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citation: "Virginia SB 109 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29e8086d-9a9a-4d06-8799-29bb8dc845c6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB109"
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source_hash: "949e237d2e99a8ab281bf04764175af30001115210e06672025d3f13105bf22f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 109 (2026) — School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.
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School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message, of (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill also requires each parental notification to include information on (a) relevant state laws and regulations relating to safe firearm storage and child access to firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries, and deaths, including current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or an equivalent nationally recognized entity or organization on youth firearm fatality rates. Finally, the bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to HB 201.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082892.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216291.PDF)
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3. **Delegate Cohen Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187407.PDF)
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4. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179276.HTML)
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5. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177971.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198758.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **20–20** (fail) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100638D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
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- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Floor substitute printed 26108675D-H1 (Cohen)
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- **2026-03-02** Floor offered Delegate Cohen Substitute
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-03-02** Delegate Cohen Floor substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29e8086d-9a9a-4d06-8799-29bb8dc845c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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